Duck à l'orange (aussi vert, bleu, blanc et noir)

This is a male Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), in my opinion it's one of the prettiest wildfowl in the world.

 

Again this species, whilst photographed in the wild, isn't native to the UK. The Mandarin Duck is originally from eastern Asia. Ironically due to exports and habitat loss the Mandarin is possibly less common in its native range than it is in England.

 

If you're interested there's plenty of background information here.

 

As with the rabbits, this shot was also taken at Valley Gardens in Windsor Great Park

 

Tech:

Canon EOS 400D + EF 300mm f4/L IS

1/350 @ f4, ISO400

RAW converted via Canon DPP 3.4

Crop, sharpen and resize in Photoshop.

Done